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Inventory software here runs from business stock control to tracking what you own at home. Inventree, Open QuarterMaster and Bigcapital manage stock and parts for organisations, while HomeBox, grocy and Spoolman keep track of household items, groceries and 3D-printer filament.

updated Oct 2026 13 tools ★ 47k stars 9 with Docker median 90

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  • Most starred

    grocy

    9,630 stars on GitHub, the largest community in the category.

  • Most active

    Ever Gauzy

    4,602 commits in the last 90 days, the fastest-moving codebase here.

  • Most permissive

    Spoolman

    MIT licence with health 94/100: the strongest option if you need to embed or fork commercially.

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How the inventory management tools compare

Inventory management software. Repoly tracks 13 open-source inventory management tools, each scored nightly from its repository activity and ranked by that score alone. Ever Gauzy leads at 96/100 with 4,602 commits in the last 90 days and 8.7k stars, followed by grocy (96) and HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia) (96). 11 of the 13 score 70 or above, 9 publish a Docker image, and the median health is 90. AGPL-3.0 is the most common licence, carried by 8 of them. Between them they stand in for SAP, Mealime, Octoprint Cloud, QuickBooks and Snipe-IT Cloud and 3 more proprietary products. The score weighs commits in the last 90 days, release recency, stars, archive status and Docker support; a low number means low measurable activity, not low quality, so a finished, stable tool can legitimately sit lower down.

Ever Gauzy and grocy tie at 96/100. grocy has the largest following at 9.6k stars, yet ranks #2 of 13, held back mostly by stars (9.6k stars).

The most recent release is Ever Gauzy v111.142.11, published yesterday. Cannery and Inventaire publish no tagged releases, which costs up to 25 of the 100 points. None of the measured options scores under 40. By stack, Nodejs (6), PHP (2) and Python (2) are the most common. grocy, Spoolman, DVinyl and 1 more are permissively licensed; Ever Gauzy, HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia), Bigcapital and 6 more are copyleft.

Inventory Management tools by health, stars, last commit, licence, self-hosting and what each is best for
Tool Health Stars Last commit Licence Self-hosting Best for
Ever Gauzy 96 8.7k today AGPL-3.0 Docker image Long-term use: health 96/100
grocy 96 9.6k 1 month ago MIT Docker image Community size: 9.6k stars
HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia) 96 7.7k 7 days ago AGPL-3.0 Docker image Quick setup: ships a Docker image
Bigcapital 94 4k 2 days ago AGPL-3.0 Docker image Docker users: health 94/100
Spoolman 94 3k yesterday MIT Docker image Commercial reuse: MIT licence
Part-DB 93 1.8k 4 days ago AGPL-3.0 Docker image PHP teams: health 93/100
DVinyl 90 275 yesterday MIT Docker image Nodejs teams: health 90/100
Open QuarterMaster 88 78 yesterday GPL-3.0 Docker image Docker users: health 88/100
Inventree 86 7.8k today MIT Manual (Python) Fresh releases: 1.6.3, 3 days ago
Shelf 84 3k today AGPL-3.0 Manual (Nodejs) Fast development: 3,143 commits in 90 days
RecipeSage 82 985 4 days ago AGPL-3.0 Manual (Nodejs) Nodejs teams: health 82/100
Cannery 57 2 yesterday AGPL-3.0 Docker image Docker users: health 57/100
Inventaire 51 37 yesterday AGPL-3.0 Manual (Nodejs) Nodejs teams: health 51/100

How to choose inventory management software

  • Want the project most likely to keep shipping? Start with Ever Gauzy: health 96/100 and 4,602 commits in the last 90 days.
  • Building it into a commercial product? Ever Gauzy is AGPL-3.0; grocy (MIT, health 96) lets you modify and ship it without publishing your changes.
  • Want the quickest install? Ever Gauzy, grocy, HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia) and 6 more ship a Docker image; the others install by hand on their own stack.
  • Planning to patch or extend it? Match your stack: Nodejs (Ever Gauzy, Part-DB and 4 more), PHP (grocy and Part-DB), Python (Spoolman and Inventree).
  • The score measures maintenance, not features: shortlist two and try them with your own data before you migrate.

Inventory Management: common questions

Is there open source inventory management software on GitHub?

Yes. 11 of the 13 inventory management tools we track are on GitHub, led by Ever Gauzy (github.com/ever-co/ever-gauzy, health 96/100, 8.7k stars) and grocy (github.com/grocy/grocy, health 96/100). Cannery and Inventaire are developed on GitLab and Codeberg instead. Each tool page links its repository and shows the health score we recompute from it every night.

What is the best open source inventory management tool?

By Repoly's GitHub health score, Ever Gauzy at 96/100 (4,602 commits in 90 days, v111.142.11 from yesterday). grocy is next at 96. The score measures maintenance, not features, so shortlist the top few and try them.

Which inventory management tools are the most actively developed?

Ever Gauzy (4,602 commits in 90 days), Shelf (3,143 commits in 90 days) and RecipeSage (1,159 commits in 90 days). Commit activity is 35 of the 100 health points, the largest single term.

Which inventory management tools can I run in Docker?

9 of 13 publish a Docker image or Compose file, led by Ever Gauzy, grocy, HomeBox (SysAdminsMedia), Bigcapital, Spoolman and 4 more.

Which inventory management tools have a permissive licence?

4 of 13: grocy (MIT), Spoolman (MIT), DVinyl (MIT), Inventree (MIT). 9 are copyleft.

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